We study whether the financial experience of chief executive officers (CEOs) is associated with earnings management around initial public offerings (IPOs). Examining the sample of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) from 2003 to 2011, we find that newly listed firms with financial expert CEOs...

The establishment and growth of the Greek stock market were coincident with development episodes, financial upheavals and geographic expansions of the country's economy over the period 1880-1940. We explore the growth of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) through new listings and Initial Public...

The study examines the effect of earnings management by classification shifting on firm success, focusing on the survival of newly listed firms. We argue that shifting income-decreasing expenses from core to special items should negatively associate with future operating performance because of...

We use the theoretical framework of Acharya and Naqvi (2019) to introduce a macro-financial model where the “reaching for yield” incentivized by a loosening monetary poli-cy in the United States mitigates the diabolic loop in a Monetary Union. We provide em-pirical evidence that the...

This study explores the effect of directors' political contributions on IPOs' valuation and subsequent performance. We find that individual contributions by directors bring significant benefits to the IPO firms. Specifically, we show that political contributions of board members, particularly...

We analyze the short and long-run price performance of 143Global Shipping IPOs listed during the 1984-2007 period in major Stock Exchanges computing buy and hold abnormal returns (BHAR) and cumulative abnormal returns (CAR). We find average underpricing for shipping IPOs is 17.69%. The light...

We document a negative relation between abnormal temperature and quality of life in the U.S. since 1990. Cross-state and (within state-year) county-level comparisons both indicate that the temperature-quality of life relation is more positive in states adopting more stringent environmental...

Due to their covert and often dubious nature, corporate political activities may encourage or facilitate opportunistic behaviors. Yet, they also subject firms to heightened visibility, which brings greater public and regulatory scrutiny. Using a hand-collected data set of politically connected...